Yassine Chikhaoui

Yassine Chikhaoui
	Chikhaoui with FC Zürich in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Yassine Chikhaoui
Date of birth	22 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Radès, Tunisia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Étoile du Sahel
Number	28
Youth career
	ES Radès
	Ariana
2002–2004	Étoile du Sahel
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2007	Étoile du Sahel
2007–2015	FC Zürich
2015–2017	Al-Gharafa
2017	→ Al-Ahli (loan)
2017–2018	Al-Ahli
2018–	Étoile du Sahel
International career‡
2006–	Tunisia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, February 14, 2017 (EST)

Yassine Chikhaoui (Arabic: ياسين الشيخاوي; born 22 September 1986) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel.

Club career

Etoile du Sahel

Chikhaoui became captain of Étoile du Sahel at the age of 19, which was a club record. Chikhaoui has achieved many things with Étoile du Sahel, such as winning the African champions league and being part of the squad when they took part of the international clubs championship.

FC Zürich

Chikhaoui was signed by FC Zürich on a five-year contract on 23 May 2007.

During the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, it was reported that many clubs had scouts present to watch Chikhaoui (Manchester United, Bayern Munchen, Juventus ...).^[1]^[2]^[3] Unfortunately, after impressing at the African Cup of Nations he was forced to take time out to get a recurring knee problem treated. On 26 April 2009, he completed his recovery by returning to play for the Zurich first team. Weeks later he cemented his comeback with a goal and contributed, as a late substitute, to helping his team win and stay top in the title race.

He was part of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup winning team and afterwards signed a new three-year contract until 2017. In the 2014/2015 season he was appointed team-captain.

Al-Gharafa Sports Club

On 3 August 2015 his transfer to Al-Gharafa Sports Club was announced.^[4]

International career

He was called up to the Tunisian national team to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the age of 19.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.^[5]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 January 2008	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès	Zambia	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2.	8 January 2008	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès	Zambia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3.	4 June 2008	Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana	Cameroon	2–2	2–3	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
4.	8 June 2013	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia	Botswana	2–1	2–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.	19 November 2014	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia	Egypt	1–1	2–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.	22 January 2015	Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín, Equatorial Guinea	Zambia	1–1	2–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
7.	12 June 2015	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia	Djibouti	1–0	8–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.				2–0
9.				3–0
10.	17 November 2015	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia	Mauritania	2–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification